Here are some of the things that I will always remember from Kenya:
- The breathtaking view of the Great Rift Vally
- Seeing so many zebras just hanging out on the side of the road
- All the fresh, delicious fruit – pawpaw, bananas, oranges, pineapple, mango!, passion fruit, and melon. And avocado, which is served as fruit here.
- The children at Bliss school – and how they thought my tattoo was of a coocoo (chicken) and pointed and laughed at it daily
- The porridge we gulped down every day at the school
- Teaching the children songs, phrases, and dances
- Trying sugar cane for the first time and getting the worst sugar high then crash EVER
- Spending Thanksgiving here
- Having our individual pictures taken and put on posters and flyers – and having people recognize us from them in public.
- Guava Cafe and the delicious smoothies and coffee
- The amazing generosity of our host family
- Speaking at a crusade and then at several other churches
- Braving door-to-door evangelism
- Hiking to the 2nd largest crater in the world on Kenya's Independence Day
- Getting addicted to Beauty Queen – a Philippino soap opera
- Dancing with a pastor's wife in church
- Being told that I look so smart every day and realizing that it means that I look good, not intelligent
- Finding out that we confused people when we asked if there was a nearby bathroom. They thought we wanted a place to shower in the middle of the day, in the middle of town
- Being given the African name "Jeri" which means one who loves to travel from place to place
- A pastor explaining that because faith is believing what is not seen, then it is not raining (even though it was raining)
- Watching people get saved and seeing their lives changed
- Having chai twice a day – yum!
- Getting frustrated every night trying to figure out my mosquito net
- Being showered with fun African gifts from the people we worked with here
Now on to month 6….RWANDA!
